Waxing Deep Radio: Recent Episodes
Dan Zacks
Waxing Deep is a weekly radio programme that spans jazz, funk, psych, disco, Brazilian, afro, Latin, soul, and happy combinations thereof. Expect eclectic, intelligent, and unpretentious programming that shares brilliant obscurities which deserve exposure. Jazz cats, jaded collectors, good music neophytes, and the simply curious will all dig the Waxing Deep sound (guaranteed).
It's been over half a year since our last show! That is nothing short of a tragedy. We intend to compensate for our negligence with tonnes and tonnes of good music.
After eight years, Waxing Deep's presence on campus-community radio comes to a close. The show will continue largely unchanged as a podcast, but we thought we should use this last CHSR show to celebrate all the classic Waxing Deep cuts that defined us over the years.
This week we make up for two pre-emptions by playing as much music as we can fit into two hours and still meet our CRTC obligations
This week we explore some pre-revolutionary Cuban sounds, introduce a very rare and extremely choice Cuban version of "Vehicle"--destined for vol. 2 of "Si, Para Usted"--and enjoy Latin selections from Joe Tallarico.
Adrian Leach generously provides another Happy Jazz session that we follow with a thirty minute cosmic excursion from the Unobstructed Universe.
Reynaldo shares an hour of bugalu and we showcase the infamous Matthew Larkin Cassell LP. The regular mix-up follows. Not to be missed.
Nothing more than as much good music as we can fit into two hours (including three tracks from the Dancer's Inferno LP
Japan’s Black Vinyl Junky shares a selection of his favourite “rare-grooves”—16 extremely rare, storied, and obscure tracks. It’s a master class in Japanese funk collecting and a treat for people interested in finally hearing the likes of Mike Taylor, Marvin Whoremonger, and the Sidewinders. We follow Black Vinyl Junky with some jazz, disco, bossa, and mpb, which is to say the regular Waxing Deep mix-up.
This week it's further explorations of recorded Canadiana, a jaw-dropping new Cuban funk discovery, some classics, and the regular Waxing Deep mix-up.
Paul Goncalves of Superfly Records shares “Nasara”, a mix of African, Central American, and Caribbean music. Check the track listing for more details. We follow with some quirky singles from Canada and abroad, including an infectious white label version of “Down by the River” by The Bells.
A four month hiatus means an embarrassing backlog of music to share! We start with selections from our favourite recent compilations, including offerings from the Numero Group, VampiSoul, and Votary. A tribute to the late Doug Riley follows and then jazz, some obligatory Cuban cuts, and the regular Waxing Deep mix-up. Enjoy!
It's classic Waxing Deep: two tracks of previously unreleased Webster Lewis (courtesy of the good people at Plastic Strip), fun with obscure Canadian singles, some excellent Israeli jazz by The Platina, and much more.
The infamous Reynaldo offers a glimpe into his Latin collection with an exclusive mix for Waxing Deep. With the remaining time we share a noteworthy cut from Ronnie April, a funky track from the storied Klute OST, and some bugalu.
DJ Bongohead aka Pablo Yglesias shares his "Las 4 Culturas" mix: selections of Latin funk, soul, bugalu, and psych. Heavy!
It's another two hours of classic Waxing Deep! Superb, sometimes overlooked music from the world over with a mini-feature on the productions of Ben McPeek.
Adrian Leach provides another Happy Jazz session, which we follow with a quirky mix-up of bossa, psych, funk, and jazz.
This week we bring a superb exclusive mix from DJ Yosaku filled with monster jazz and funk selections. We also commit to more timely updates to the podcast!
This week we meander through obscure Canadian prog, Italian jazz waltzes, Romanian scat vocals, island funk, a little Sussex fun, some disco, and a great deal more.
Paulo of superflyrecords.com brings a mix of funky obscurities during hour one. We follow as best we can with a selection Brazilian records that have been on the top of our ‘to play’ stack for much too long.
We celebrate the release of "Si, Para Usted", our compilation of Cuban Funk on Waxing Deep Records, with some heavy tracks from the album. Pysch, garage, jazz, and Brazilian music follow in classic Waxing Deep fashion.
Waxing Deep eases into 2007 with a mix from the talented DJ Catalist and our first ever, much anticipated playlist!
Last week we had so much fun keeping the entire show to ourselves that we decided to postpone General Eclectic's guest mix and do it again! And so we happily, if somewhat selfishly, present two eclectic hours of classic Waxing Deep.
As the pile of records we have yet to air towered above us, it seemed like a good time for a classic Waxing Deep. We shelved the guest mix for another week and settled down in the studio for two hours of good music. The selection is as eclectic as you’ve come to expect; we slide between jazz, funk, Brazilian, and fusion and had a blast doing it.
San Francisco’s DJ Ferrari, a Silicone Valley executive by day and über-collector by night, provides an outstanding Afro-Brazilian mix for the first hour and a half of the show. Even jaded Brazilian collectors will appreciate the intelligence and deftness of Ferrari’s mixing. Hour two--what there is of it--features eastern jazz, some funk, the obligatory Cuban track, and another brilliant cut from Augusto Martelli’s “Black Sounds From White People”.
Adrian Leach brings the first Happy Jazz session of the season and, as you would expect, it’s superb. Augusto Martelli, Rimona Francis, the Free Design, and a little pachanga keep things moving during hour two.
This week it’s our great pleasure to share the a recent set from Toronto’s Foot Prints Collective—Jason Palma, General Eclectic, and DJ Stu. Foot Prints is one of the world’s few club nights where a crowd enthusiastically dances to the sort of music we play on Waxing Deep. With this set, the Collective digs deep to provide a taste of the scene they’ve lovingly built in Toronto. Unfortunately, a misbehaving CD recorder cuts the show’s second hour and introduces some frustrating distortion. Bare with us; we’ll have the bug fixed for the next show.
Edition Two of the Soulpusher African sessions! We received a hugely enthusiastic response to the first part and the tracks Soulpusher has selected for this week are just as good.
DJ Soulpusher is currently living in Freetown, Sierra Leone, a city he uses as the starting point for regular West African digging trips. On this edition of Waxing Deep, Soulpusher shares some of his favourite recent finds in the first of a two part series. The regular Waxing Deep mix-up follows, including a standout rendition of the “The Best Has Yet To Come”.
The mysterious Senior Vishal generously shares his Trouble for Travel mix of tropical funk. Vishal is a frequent guest at Toronto’s infamous Turning Point party and recently travelled throughout Africa and South America on a digging mission. His selections are heavy. We follow with lots of great jazz. This is a great edition!
This edition of Waxing Deep sees our regular mix-up happily interrupted by a brief mix from the infamous Beatdawg. Direct from his secretive Toronto studio, Beatdawg shares Japanese modern soul, library funk, and enough breaks and beats to make even the jaded producers salivate. A little digital distortion towards the show’s end courtesy of CHSR’s shoddy CD recorder is no match for the quality of this edition’s selections.
Tom Noble of Lotusland Records joins Waxing Deep to discuss his label’s new releases. Tom also shares a heavy hour-long selection of sweet soul, modern soul, and funk—the perfect sound for a sunny fall afternoon. We follow Tom’s mix with the regular Waxing Deep mix-up, including a reissue from the new French label Sausage Records.
Waxing Deep returns after a four month hiatus. We share tonnes of incredible new records and announce the first release on our new record label, Waxing Deep records.
We celebrate the last in-studio Waxing Deep for several months with another instalment of Adrian Leach's Happy Jazz sessions. Put simply, it's brilliant. The second hour is filled with Canadian obscurities and dancefloor sounds.
In celebration of April 20, Johnny Paycheck of Good Records, NYC brings us Waxing Deep's first ever dub mix. Expect heavy, 4/20 appropriate sounds from one of Manhattan's premiere collectors, DJs, and men-about-town.
Black Vinyl Junky aka Takayuki Fujikawa shares his "Mellow Groove"mix, which we follow up with tracks for the dancers.
Tom Wieland's "Baile Funk" compilation: heavy Brazilian boogie, disco, funk, jazz, and more!
Classic Waxing Deep! We get to all the tracks we didn't have time to play in weeks past.